Democratic rep: Clinton email flap 'could upend her campaign'

In what appears to be the sharpest criticism of Hillary Clinton’s email scandal yet from a Democratic member of Congress, Kentucky Rep. John Yarmuth said in an interview with local television on Wednesday that it is possible that the issue “could upend her campaign.”

“I just never feel I have a grasp of what the facts are,” the five-term Democratic lawmaker told Louisville’s ABC affiliate on Wednesday. “Clearly, she has handled it poorly from the first day. And, there’s the appearance of dishonesty, if it’s not dishonest.”

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If Clinton “intentionally misled or lied to the American people” and knowingly broke federal rules by transmitting classified information through her private email server, “then I think she has disqualified herself,” said Yarmuth, the only Democrat in the Bluegrass State’s delegation.

At the same time, he told the station, the situation could blow over if the former secretary of state is telling the truth because it is still early on in the campaign.

Yarmuth, who has not endorsed Clinton, said he still thinks that she will be the Democratic nominee next year.